A native of Connecticut, Dr. Edwin Bentley (1824-1917) was a founder of the medical school and a faculty member of the Department of Surgery from 1879-1916. He served as Dean from 1904-1907. He received his M.D. in 1849, after studying at New York...

One photograph from a collection of photographs depicting Anderson Nettleship, M.D. Photograph shows Dr. Nettleship and four men wearing white scrubs, standing beside a cadaver wrapped in a white sheet on a dissection table. Pictured left to...

First graduating class and faculty of the School of Dental Hygiene, 1969. The School was organized in 1967 and directed by Tip C. Nelms. The School of Dental Hygiene became a part of the newly established College of Health Related Professions in...

Construction of the Education I (Shorey) Building in 1956. Also shown in the photograph are the University Hospital and clinics. The Education I Building was completed and occupied in March 1957. The building was renamed the Winston K. Shorey...

William King Jordan, M.D (1919-1995) taught Neurology at UAMS from 1951 until 1958. He was head of the Department of Neurology from 1951 until 1960. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Dr. Jordan received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University (1940)...

Tip C. Nelms, D.D.S. (1930-) came to Arkansas in 1967 to organize the UAMC School of Dental Hygiene and served as director and faculty member from 1967 until 1972. In 1972, he became the first Dean of the College of Health Related Professions,...

William Grant Cooper, Jr., M.D (1910-1999) was a volunteer faculty member in the Surgery Department from 1944 until at least 1994. He also had a private practice until his retirement. He was made an honorary professor of surgery in 1983.

Anderson Nettleship, M.D. (1910-1981) (far left) and students looking at a carbon-arc microscope. Seated to the immediate left of Dr. Nettleship is William W. Christeson (wearing glasses), 1945 graduate of UAMS. At the time, he was a pathology...

Peck's was a popular hangout for students, faculty and staff of UAMS from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. It was located on Markham Street between Walnut & Ash streets. The building was torn down in 1988 for construction of a Taco Bell. Velva...

Former Chancellor James Lowden Dennis, M.D. (center) standing with his wife, Virginia, and his successor, Chancellor Harry Pfeffer Ward, M.D. Dr. Dennis was Chancellor of UAMS from 1970 until 1979 and a faculty member in Pediatrics in 1963. He was...

One image from a collection of images of Storm Whaley, UAMS Vice-President for Health Sciences from 1960 until 1970. In this undated image Storm Whaley (standing left) and Univ. of Ark. President David Mullins (seated right) talk with an...

One image from a collection of images of a farewell party for Storm Whaley, UAMS Vice-President for Health Sciences from 1960 until 1970. This image shows a farewell party for Storm Whaley and family held in the Jeff Banks Student Union, 1970....

A photograph of Dr. Marvin, Sr. posing with his life mask which was designed to commemorate his retirement. Dr. Marvin taught anatomy at the College of Medicine from 1942-1985 and was the associate dean of Academic Affairs from 1965 until 1977. ...